GLOCON and the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation jointly issue a new study on artisanal mining. The authors Issaka Sawadogo, Ouiry Sanou and Hermann Moussa Konkobo examine the production conditions in artisanal gold mining at several mining sites in two provinces of Burkina Faso based on extensive qualitative and quantitative surveys. Furthermore, they provide a critical analysis of the current efforts to formalize artisanal mining in Burkina Faso.