Editorial

Abstract

When one issue of the REM magazine is completed, another is already in preparation and involves detailed analyses for errors, efforts to expand circulation, and increasing the number of articles, etc. Although REM is preparing to celebrate its 77th anniversary (January, 2012), the strive for excellence has not stopped, since it is well known that scientific research in the realm of REM's topics has become greatly accentuated worldwide, but especially in Brazil. The adoption of English as the magazine's language (since 2012) opened the market for foreign circulation. Before this date, the policy had been to print the article in the language in which it had been submitted. A new editor in the mining field, Prof. Dr. Carlos Adolpho Magalhães Baltar, from the Universidade de Pernambuco, signifies that REM now has editors from all the regions of Brazil. The goal for 2013 is to include international editors and referees. Credit is now given to CNPq, FAPEMIG, and Scielo, etc. for their decision to maintain the magazine in circulation.