Part 1 Energy and mineral resources for the 21st century: genesis of two contrasting metallogenic provinces in the back-arc basins of Hokkaido, Japan, S. Ishihara and H. Matsueda; tectonics and evolution of pre-Cambrian metallogenetic province in China, Pei Rongfu et al; techno-economic evaluation on mineral resources, Jia Zhixi; preliminary study of metallogenic hysteresis - on the metallogenic evolution of China, Ye Jinhua and Mei Yanxiong. Part 2 Geology of mineral deposits: tectono-stratigraphic terrane analysis and metallization in Yunnan, China, Ren Zhiji; the metasomatic hydrothermal metallogeny, Ji Kejian et al; geologic controls of sandstone-hosted Zn-Pb-(Sr) mineralization, Jinding deposit, Yunnan province, China - a new environment for sediment-hosted Zn-Pb deposits, Ning Li and J.R. Kyle; factors constraining the formation of the superlarge Bayan Obo REE-Fe-Nb deposit, Tu Guangchi and Wang Kaiyi; hydrogen and oxygen isotope compositions of ore fluid in the Dongyang talc deposit, Korea, Hee-In Park et al; metallogenic model of Dongchuan-type sedimentary copper deposits in China, Chen Wenming; the model of uranium mineralization in discharge areas (depressurization areas) of fossil hydrothermal systems, Li Xueli et al; isotope dating of residual kaolin deposits in Europe (Tirschenreuth, Germany and St. Yrieix, France), H.A. Gilg and R. Frei; preliminary study on the ore-forming conditions of the Au-Pb-quartz veintype ore deposit, China, He Zhili et al. Part 3 Mineral economics: condition patterns of mineral resources for the 21st century, Li Yuwei; the limit of growth - a mistake in the forecast of mineral availability, Wang Jiashu; rational exploitation and utilization of potassium chloride resources in Qarhan salt lake, Zheng Xiuqing and Li Cijun; the methods of thermobarogeochemistry - the possibilities and the experience of their use in the time of geological prospecting or exploration work in Uzbekistan, H.A. Akbarov and V.S. Polykovsky. (Part contents).
