(1) The logs are cut to about 1.6 meters in length and in uniform diameter of thirty year old mangrove trunks. Before turning them into charcoal.The name of transportation to carry the logs is "Wheel Barrow"

(2) Workers had to be real fast as the tides comes in, the logs have to be carried and stacked in the boats. Then the boat ply its way back to the factory. I must say I have a lot of respect for these hard and sun tanned healthy working man.

(3) The factory has come up with a practical way of transporting the logs from the mangrove forest. Instead of hauling the logs over uneven terrain, small canals are dug which act transporter when the tide is high. The water is fed from the river mouth.

(4) Bakau minyak log is weighs over 25 kgs per log and he carries to and from the boat and then unload and carries all the way to the igloo-like kiln.

(5) Worker carried bakau minyak log into the kiln, it is stacked by the side of the kiln to dry out.

(6) The logs are cut to about 1.6 meters in length and in uniform diameter of thirty year old mangrove trunks. Before turning them into charcoal, the barks have to be removed. The process is back-breaking, using a heavy, long chisel-like tool.

(7) The logs are then arranged in the kiln. They are arranged in such a way that the heat inside the kiln is evenly distributed to all the logs. In this case, the logs are arranged vertically upright.

(8) Approximately 20 to 24 days are baking.The totally baked and carbonized charcoal is left to cool down inside the kiln for another 8 more days

(9) A worker carrying out the black charcoal after 20 to 24 days the logs had beed baked inside the igloo-like kiln

(10) Workers inside the igloo-like kiln carefully carrying the ebony black charcoal out ready for final packing.It is still pretty warm and dark(hotter than a normal day temperature)

(11) The bits and pieces, or broken logs are packed in 5 kgs packs for local consumption. Even the tiny bits are not wasted.

(12) Each igloo like kiln can stacked up to 40 tonnes of green wood. The final product after combustion and baking is approximately 10 tonnes. Matang charcoal is priced at RM600 per tonne.

(13) Approximately 20 to 24 days are baking, the totally baked and carbonized charcoal is left to cool down inside the kiln for another 8 more days. Once the 8 days of cooling period is over, the entrance is broken down for the workers to begin carrying the ebonyblack charcoal (Black Gold To Them) out ready for final packing

(14) The beautiful baked pieces still intact are carefully selected and packed for export. The bits and pieces, or broken logs are packed in 5 kgs packs for local consumption. Even the tiny bits are not wasted.

(15) A mountain of charcoal ready for packaging

(16) The beautiful baked pieces still intact are carefully selected and packed for export

(17) A worker carrying the ebonyblack charcoal (black gold to them) out from igloo-like kiln (creative angle)

(18) A boy play at the charcoal factory during waiting his father baking bakau logs in the igloo-like kiln

(19) Charcoals bits and pieces,or broken logs are used for local consumption