On-line meetings of the Committee were held on 27 and 29 of April, 2022. Progress on the preparation of the Report on mineralogical sciences in Poland was discussed. The Report will include bibliometric analysis of Polish mineralogists as well as examples of their major achievements and grant activities. The Commission on Polish names of minerals is finalizing their work. The rules on naming minerals in Polish were agreed and the list of Polish names of 5775 minerals was prepared. The Commission after verification of the list will submit it for approval by all members of the Committee. The list will be available at web pages of the Committee of the Mineralogical Sciences PAS and Polish Mineralogical Society.

The Committee together with the Polish Mineralogical Society is preparing activities aimed at popularizing mineralogical sciences in Poland within the framework of the “2022 - Year of Mineralogy” announced by the International Mineralogical Association.

The sixth volume of the e-Bulletin: mineralogy, petrology, and geochemistry is being edited to be released in June.

The next meeting of the Committee will be held on June 21 at the Institute of Earth Sciences of the University of Silesia in Sosnowiec.