In 2021, members of the Committee met three times during the on-line plenary sessions to summarize progress made by the Committee’s working group.

Working group led by prof. Anna Pietranik presented a progress report on the state of mineralogical sciences in Poland. Based on bibliographic database search the following conclusions can be drawn: (1) Polish geochemists, mineralogists, and petrologists increasingly publish results of their work in respected journals and the subjects of their research are in line with world trends; (2) they publish not only in Earth sciences journals but also in journals related to environmental sciences, physics, chemistry, and even social sciences; (3) articles authored or co-authored by Polish mineralogists, petrologists, and geochemists have been increasingly cited by foreign authors, which reflects their scientific relevance.

Working group led by prof. Jan Parafiniuk is preparing a list of Polish mineral names in accord with both Polish spelling rules and IMA rules. The list should be ready by the end of 2022.