Hecla Mining is trading 4.54% down at $15.45 as hotter-than-expected inflation renewed Federal Reserve rate concerns and weighed on precious-metals miners. - Reuters reported September CPI rose 3.7% year over year, versus 3.6% expected; silver fell about 2% in Wednesday trading. - Hecla's decline is substantially larger than silver's reported drop. No fresh Hecla-specific announcement explaining the move surfaced in search results, and no company catalyst was confirmed.