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Weir Bulletin 21
People
Kilimanjaro
Hazel Daniel reaches the
climb for charity
summit of Mount Kilimanjaro
Generous Weir employees
contributed over £1500 to two UK
based charities, Breakthrough
Breast Cancer and Help for Heroes.
The fundraising was led by Hazel
Daniel, wife of Gerry, commodity
manager at Weir Oil & Gas
Aberdeen. The determined
grandmother reached the summit
of Mount Kilimanjaro, in Africa
during December 2009.
After trekking through the heat
of the jungle and desert, Hazel
climbed 19,340 feet where the
temperature reached minus 15
degrees. Hazel said “To be above
the clouds but still remain on solid
ground was surreal.”
Various Weir facilities in the UK
contributed towards the fundraising
effort through organised activities
including packing bags at a local
supermarket.
Dr CH Warman memorial park
Dave Athey, CEO, Weir Minerals
Africa, officially opened a memorial
park at the Alrode site in
remembrance of Dr Charles
Warman, founder of the slurry
pump.
Dr Charles Warman was born
into a mining family in Kalgoorlie
during 1910. At the age of 14 he
won a scholarship at the Western
Australian School of Mines and
graduated in 1931, although he
remained at the school for a short
period as a lecturer.
During his first job as a design
Memorial Park at the Weir
draftsman within the engineering
Minerals Alrode facility
department at Lakeview & Star, the
largest Australia gold mine at the
time, Charles discovered the need
for more reliable and durable slurry
pumps. With testing facility support
from the mine, the first Warman company became global during subsequently by Weir. He retained away in July 2008 following a brief
pump was designed during the the 1960’s, expanding to the USA, exclusive rights for his products in illness. The memorial park, within
1930s and was patented in 1940. Japan, South Africa and the UK. Africa until March 2008 when he the grounds of the Alrode facility,
By 1948 Charles Warman was a Charles sold a large part of the sold the African operation to The will be used by staff and clients and
highly regarded engineering company, Warman International, Weir Group, thus re-uniting both has been arranged with indigenous
consultancy, responsible for many to Peko Wallsend Ltd which was parts of the business. plants, including South Africa’s
plant designs in Australia. The later acquired by North Ltd and Sadly Dr Charles Warman passed national flower, the proteas.
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