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Lonrho boss plans oil float

David Lenigas, Lonrho Africa’s entrepreneurial boss, plans to raise £3.8 million on AIM for a new company, Leni Gas & Oil. Read

Lonrho reappears

Resources-to-hotels investor Lonrho Africa is changing its name back to Lonrho, the colourful conglomerate from which it emerged. Read

Lonhro plans airline float

David ‘Tiny’ Lenigas, entrepreneurial boss of Lonrho Africa, says the emerging conglomerate plans an AIM float in the New Year for Norse Air. Read

New funding for Lonrho

Minerals and trading group Lonrho Africa has raised £12.8 million to replenish funds and develop a freeport in Equatorial Guinea. Read

Gemstone cheer at Lonrho

Lonrho Africa-backed AIM candidate Nare Diamonds says it has recovered a 235 carat stone from South Africa's Schmidtsdrift mine. Read

Lonrho in gem ploy

David Lenigas, boss of Lonrho Africa, has negotiated a £1.5 million investment in southern Africa-focused Nare Diamonds. Read

Lonrho lines up deals

A West African infrastructure project could be the next move by Lonrho Africa, which made £2.2 million last year. Read

Lonrho backs SA uranium play

As foreshadowed here, Lonrho (Africa) is putting £5 million into South African uranium explorer and AIM candidate Brinkley Mining. Read

Lonrho set for uranium deal

David Lenigas, Australian chief executive of Lonrho Africa, is on the verge of clinching a ‘really big’ uranium deal in South Africa as the first step in his drive to build the African trading house into a group with a £1 billion balance sheet. Read

Cliffhanger for Oxus Mining

Aim newcomer Oxus Mining awaits an imminent bankers' report on which hang its chances of raising £16 million to fund part of its Amantaytau gold and silver deposit in Uzbekistan following a scaled-back £8 million equity launch at 30p. Robert Tyerman reports. Read

Healthy growth at LA Fitness

Fitness club operator LA Fitness has increased interim pre-tax profits by 63 per cent to £2.2 million after boosting membership levels in the six months to 31 January 2001, writes Nancy Smith.

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