Note 6 - Business Segments

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2016

Notes to Financial Statements

Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]

Note 6.    Business Segments

We are currently organized and managed in four reporting segments: the Greens Creek unit, the Lucky Friday unit, the Casa Berardi unit, and the San Sebastian unit. The San Sebastian unit, a historic operating property for Hecla, resumed commercial production in the fourth quarter of 2015 and was added as a new reporting segment in 2015.

The following tables present information about reportable segments for the three and six months ended June 30, 2016 and 2015 (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended June 30,						Six Months Ended June 30,
	2016			2015			2016			2015
Net sales to unaffiliated customers:
Greens Creek	$	59,574		$	54,043		$	113,456		$	121,398
Lucky Friday		22,760			14,570			44,012			34,460
Casa Berardi		53,285			35,584			85,483			67,431
San Sebastian		35,683			—			59,368			—
	$	171,302		$	104,197		$	302,319		$	223,289
Income (loss) from operations:
Greens Creek	$	14,831		$	9,950		$	22,909		$	24,643
Lucky Friday		4,047			(585	)		6,790			2,961
Casa Berardi		10,622			(3,200	)		12,556			(3,964	)
San Sebastian		25,583			—			40,495			—
Other		(13,473	)		(23,455	)		(25,567	)		(36,008	)
	$	41,610		$	(17,290	)	$	57,183		$	(12,368	)

The following table presents identifiable assets by reportable segment as of June 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 (in thousands):

	June 30, 2016		December 31, 2015
Identifiable assets:
Greens Creek	$	693,948	$	698,265
Lucky Friday		427,812		393,338
Casa Berardi		792,267		779,423
San Sebastian		24,483		22,238
Other		332,300		328,661
	$	2,270,810	$	2,221,925