The Ramco Cements Ltd. (RCL) has announced the expansion of its clinkering capacity of the Kolimigundla cement plant in Nandyal district of Andhra Pradesh.

The capacity has been increased by 0.65 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) through de-bottlenecking of its pyro processing system.

A company executive said that the Kolimigundla plant is operating at 100% capacity.

"With this de-bottlenecking, the revised clinkerisation capacity now stands at 3.15 mtpa," the official added.

Asserting that other expansion programmes were on track, the official said RCL had obtained consent from the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board to operate the Kolimigundla plant.

Regarding the capacity expansion of Kolimigundla Thermal Power Plant of 18 MW, another RCL executive said that it would be commissioned this month and the railway siding in June next year.