"made minimal progress" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you are describing something that has advanced but only to a very small degree. For example, "The team has made minimal progress towards finishing the project on time."
He made minimal progress from hour to hour, but never left his station.
In its other Wall Street businesses, First Union has made minimal progress despite the long bull market.
England made minimal progress towards its notional target of 332 to win, scoring only 37 runs from the twenty and a half six-ball overs delivered.
And Berlusconi, in power for much of the last 17 years, has made minimal progress on necessary tax, regulatory and entitlement reforms.
Back home, her Parliament is deadlocked over withdrawal, the political parties are split, and talks between the government and the opposition on a compromise plan are making minimal progress.
U.S. District Judge Dana M. Sabraw on Friday criticized the administration for making minimal progress in locating adults who had been deported or who had otherwise left the United States.
Until you decide, you'll be required to use willpower, and will continue making minimal progress.
An alternative young man walk is the penguin shuffle: with the pelvis leading, feet kick out duck-wise at each step, making minimal forward progress; shoulders stay low, the head and chin forward; hands are invisible, pulled up inside the sleeves of puffy jackets.
Since then, the task force official said, Iran changed some of its laws but made only minimal progress in reducing the chances of money-laundering and no progress in setting up restrictions on aiding terrorists.
Biomedical science has accomplished much in recent years, but one area in which it has made only minimal progress is increasing the diversity of scientists working in its ranks.
On the same day that Pettitte warmed hearts by making progress — minimal progress, but progress — in his protracted recovery from a strained left groin muscle, Burnett became the second straight Yankees starter to fail to complete four innings.
