Production begins with the selection of the raw material: the wood.
We use native woods such as holm oak, cork oak, eucalyptus rostrata and pine. These range from a density of 1200 kg/cm3
down to 500 kg/cm3 for pine.
Dense woods: holm oak and cork oak make very hard and long-burning charcoal, ideal for
use in specialised barbecue grills. However, this hardness is less appropriate for domestic use.
Medium and low-density woods: Eucalyptus rostrata and pine make relatively hard charcoal that can burn
for more than two hours, enough time for a barbecue at home.
And the greatest advantage is that you can start grilling after a short period of time.
Ideal for domestic use.
Before starting the carbonisation process of the wood, it is stored in our warehouses for enough time to reach the maximum optimisation of the charcoal in terms of fixed carbon, because the higher the content, the purer the product.
The ideal occurrence is natural ageing and loss of moisture before the production of charcoal.

This process is carried out in state-of-the-art kilns that adjust air intake at each moment of the process until hermetic sealing for cooling purposes. Thanks to the control of pyrolysis at all times, the end product exceeds the most stringent quality standards, i.e. high fixed carbon content and low volatile matter and waste, thereby delivering a charcoal with high calorific value and better performance.

We have an automatic machine that mechanically packs each bag with the programmed weight. Even so, we use a digital weighing machine to check the proper operation of our packing machine, with an output of up to 40,000 kg of bags per day. All the bags pass through a batch printing machine to control their traceability and allow for tracking up to the end customer. The packaging area features a dust extraction system that delivers a clean product and packaging, so it reaches the market or the end user with optimal presentation.

Charcoal briquettes are a by-product of charcoal obtained from the ash powder generated by the sifting and cleaning process.

The ash powder is then mixed with a natural binder to make the mixture compact.

It then passes through rollers that have asymmetrical shapes to create the briquettes.

The mixture then spends three hours in a dryer to reduce its moisture to 6%.

Afterwards, it is sent to the warehouse for its subsequent packaging in different formats.

According to the product mixture, we can produce various qualities:

– Standard quality

– High quality

– Premium quality

Carbones y Leñas los Rivera S.L. es titular del expediente OP-19-0022-L1, de las ayudas para la puesta en marcha de un programa para la mejora competitiva de la Pyme extremeña. Estas ayudas están cofinanciadas por el Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional, dentro del Objetivo Temático OT3 “Mejora de la competitividad de la Pyme”, y por el cual se le ha otorgado una ayuda financiera de 7200 €. Con el objetivo de desarrollar un proyecto (Soluciones Tecnológicas), con el que se pretende conseguir (conjunto de sistemas de información que permite la integración de ciertas operaciones de una empresa, especialmente las que tienen que ver con la producción, la logística, el inventario, los envíos y la contabilidad.).