Abstract: The invention relates to the field of ceramic and hard metal industries and concerns a process for manufacturing hard metal parts, in particular th having a complex geometry, such as those used for example as machining tools and wear elements. The object of the invention is to create a process which allows the manufacture of hard metal parts with a complex geometry by using a stable dispersed hard metal-binder suspension, wherein the binder is a thermoplastic binder having a viscosity of 3 to 6 mPa s, and without using an organic solvent to eliminate the binder. For that purpose, a process is disclosed wherein a hard metal powder having an average grain size smaller than 2.0 .mu.m is mixed with a liquefied thermoplastic binder, with viscosity of the mixture being set upon a value of at least 100 mPa s and up to 4,000 mPa s during the whole production and treatment process.