Hecla Mining (HL) Falls as Precious Metals Suffer Steepest Drop

We recently published 10 Firms Crashing Harder Than Wall Street. Hecla Mining Company (NYSE:HL) is one of the worst performers on Tuesday. Hecla Mining dropped its share prices by 11.47 percent on Tuesday to finish at $12.81 apiece as investors unloaded portfolios in mining stocks after silver and gold suffered their steepest drop in years. During the session, spot prices of silver— Hecla Mining Company’s (NYSE:HL) business focus—fell by as much as 8 percent before trimming losses to end the day just dow ...