Bangladesh: The government inaugurated the Dasherkandi sewage works, the largest sewage treatment plant in South Asia, in Dhaka on 13 July 2023. United News of Bangladesh has reported that the plant will incinerate dried sewage sludge to produce 16,400t/yr of ash. The plant will supply this to the local cement industry for use as a raw material.

The Dasherkandi sewage works is one of five planned new sewage plants expected to process 100% of Dhaka's sewage by 2030.

Azerbaijan: Total national cement production was 1.76Mt during the first half of 2023, according to the State Statistics Committee. This corresponds to a 1.9% year-on-year rise from first-half 2022 levels. Clinker production rose more sharply, by 16% to 1.82Mt, while ready-mix concrete production rose by 15% to 1.77Mt.

Japan: Taiheiyo Cement has concluded an agreement to dispose of waste produced by any natural disasters that should occur in Hidaka City and Saitama Prefecture. Under the agreement, Taiheiyo Cement will establish a disposal system with realises the potential of disaster waste as a resource. This will work alongside another recycling programme for conventional wastes. The cement producer says that this will help to build a safe and secure community.

US: A fire broke out in a building at Buzzi subsidiary Buzzi Unicem USA's Stockertown cement plant on the evening of 13 July 2023. Local fire crews arrived at the plant in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, at 19:18. The Express-Times newspaper has reported that the fire affected an electrical room, and that parties present at the scene requested that power to at least a portion of the facility be cut.