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Exim Bank US provides $4.7bn to Mozambique LNG

Export-Import (EXIM) bank United States said it is in the process of providing  $4.7 billion in financing the liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Mozambique.

Exim Bank United States fund is the largest commitment given by any lender towards the priciest hydrocarbon development in Africa.

The 13 Million Tonnes Per Annum LNG project will cost $20 billion to develop but Total which is in charge of the project is borrowing $14 billion from 28 financiers.

EXIM bank is one of eight Export Credit Agencies financing the project include Japan Bank for International Corporation (JBIC), Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI), UK Export Finance (UKEF), Servizi Assicurativi del Commercio Estero of Italy (SACE), Export Credit Insurance Corporation of South Africa (ECIC), Atradius Dutch State Business (Atradius) and Export-Import Bank of Thailand (EXIM Thailand).

There are 19 commercial banks financing the project in which Standard Bank of South Africa, is leading with …