Hecla Mining Company (NYSE:HL) is engaged in discovering, acquiring, developing, producing, and marketing silver, gold, lead and zinc. Hecla Mining Company witnessed volume of 53.68 million shares during last trade however it holds an average trading capacity of 7.19 million shares. HL last trade opened at $5.04 reached intraday low of $4.25 and went -21.06% down to close at $4.61.

RSC Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:RRR) announced financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2010. Total revenue was $339 million and rental revenue was $287 million, compared with $290 million and $244 million, respectively, for the same period last year.

Hecla Mining Co. (NYSE:HL) reported that the price of silver surged to 30 year highs after US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said that further quantitative easing is "certainly possible." The objective of quantitative easing is to drive interest rates lower in an effort to spark spending and lending.