State-run RCF is likely to get clearance from the Public Investment Board (PIB) for establishing a new urea plant at its current manufacturing facility at Thal in Maharashtra with an estimated investment of Rs 5,500 crore. As per the proposal, an ammonia-urea plant will be set up at Thal in Maharashtra with a capacity of 1.27 mtpa at the company’s current manufacturing location. “The Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilisers (RCF) is set to get PIB clearance for its brownfield expansion of its urea- ammonia plant at Thal in Maharashtra,” a source said.