1. Introduction to scope and statics of biotechnology relevant to minerals and metals2. Biotechnology3. Biogenesis of minerals and metals4. History and Methods in Biohydrometallurgy5. Microbial adhesion to metals and minerals6. Dump, bioheap leaching and solution mining (In-sit leach)7. Biohydrometallurgy of Zinc and Nickel8. Bioreactor leaching9. Status and developments in bioleaching of metal concentrates10. Bioprocessing of polymetallic ores and ocean manganese nodules11. Reductive dissolution in bioprocessing12. Bioprocessing of secondary minerals and industrial wastes13. Electrochemical concepts in biohydrometallurgy14. Biomineral beneficiation15. Biofouling, biodeterioration and microbial corrosion of metals and alloys16. Microbial aspects of environmental pollution and control17. Experimental and Research techniques in metals biotechnology18. References