Mitsui and JBIC see Mozambique LNG take shape at Afungi

A delegation from Mitsui and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) spent 14 and 15 July on site at Afungi, walking the construction fronts and the community programmes that have grown alongside them.

Mitsui holds a 20% participating interest in Mozambique LNG and has been a partner in the project since the start. JBIC is one of the institutions financing it. The visit took the group from the LNG train structures and the tank foundation to the Marine Offload Facility, then out to Quitunda, the road under construction in Palma village, and the cashew processing plant.

Since construction restarted in January 2026, the pace on site has picked up across every front. The project expects to award USD 4.5 billion in contracts to Mozambican companies over its lifetime.

“Mozambique LNG is a large-scale project. The level of activity, equipment deployment and workforce engagement demonstrate significant progress being achieved on site.”

Takashi Hakari, Country Representative of Mitsui in Mozambique

The delegation also visited the project’s social programmes. At Quitunda, it walked the village that is now home to 643 resettled families, then stopped at the road going in at Palma village.

At the cashew processing plant, which Mozambique LNG financed, 64 people, 35 of them women, turn out around four tonnes a day and close to 80 tonnes in a month. The nuts come from Palma, Quionga, Mueda, Nangade and Namatil. A short walk away, three cooperatives make and sell soap from seaweed under the Massambwane brand, a name that means seaweed. The communities built the project and run it themselves.

“I’m impressed that our business activities can create a positive impact for local communities. We hope the project can continue this path with appropriate actions. Mitsui is confident with the outcome of Mozambique LNG project since the beginning, and our commitment will remain for the coming years.”

Takashi Hakari

The project is working towards key construction milestones by the end of the year, and targets first LNG in 2029.

Confidence in a project this size is earned on the ground. Our partners came to Afungi and saw where it stands.