A court-appointed liquidator said on Friday it has taken over the running of Toronto-listed First Quantum Minerals’ (FM.TO) Kingamyambo Musonoi Tailings (KMT) copper and cobalt project at Kolwezi in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Nickel production at BHP Billiton’s (BHP.AX) (BLT.L) Cerro Matoso mine in Colombia fell 11.5 percent in the first quarter due to lower ore extraction and the repair of a transport system, the company said.

Did the first dinosaurs wander across continents or stay put where they first evolved? The first dinosaurs evolved 230 million years ago when the continents were assembled into one landmass called Pangea.

The gases which formed the Earth’s atmosphere -- and probably its oceans -- did not come from inside the Earth but from outer space, according to a study by University of Manchester and University of Houston scientists.

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- U. S. Steel Canada Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of United States Steel Corporation (X),

With the commissioning start Mirabela Nickel (TSX: MNB, ASX: MBN) said the primary crusher was operated for several hours to crush 1,000 tonnes of ore in preparation for the SAG mill scheduled to start up shortly.

Looters who plundered one of Utah’s newest troves of dinosaur bones got away with ribs, vertebrae and part of an ancient legbone they had to bust apart to remove.