Preliminary statistics produced by the National Statistics Agency (NSA) for 2014 show that the mining industry made a direct contribution of 13 percent to Namibia's gross domestic product (GDP), but contracted by 4.6 percent in real terms.
The decline in real value added was as a result of reduced production, especially of uranium which declined due to poor market conditions.
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