May 11, 2010. /Lesprom Network/. West Coast Paper Mills Ltd. has completed its expansion program in all respects at its existing plant at Dandeli in Karnataka, India, with a capital outlay of about Rs.1375 crores (approx. $306.2 million), company said in a statement received by Lesprom Network. With this, paper production capacity of the сompany has been increased from 180,000 tonnes per annum to 320,000 tonnes per annum. The сompany is operating new Pulp Mill (Fibre Line) along with connected equipments in Chemical Recovery section for production of Elemental Chlorine Free (ECF) Pulp continuously from 14 February 2010. Consequently, the old Pulp Mill (Fibre Line) is shut from that day.