This paper summarizes the present situation and outlook of scattered metals(gallium, indium, germanium, thallium, selenium, tellurium and rhenium) including their geological resources, industry, uses and market both at home and abroad in recent years. It especially indicates that the scattered metals play an important part in devoloping economical construction and high-new technology, such as electronic components, semiconductors, indium-tin oxides,specility alloys,optoelectronic devices, and so on.

The paper also makes some proposals for developing scattersed metals industry as follows： protection of resources, rational exploitation of mines, reasonable production scale and coordination of development among factories and companies.