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Building materials provider CEMEX has been included in the "FORTUNE 2020 Change the World" list for the third time.

Smart Sand has acquired frac sand mines and related processing facilities from Eagle Materials in Utica, Illinois and New Auburn, Wisconsin.

Canadian clean technology company CarbonCure has announced an investment co-led by Amazon and Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV) will be used to tackle the carbon footprint of concrete.

LafargeHolcim‘s CO2ment Colorado project has received $1.5 million from the United States Department of Energy’s (DoE) National Energy Technology Laboratory.

Building materials giant CEMEX has signed an agreement with Carbon Clean to develop an efficient and affordable carbon capture solution by 2021.

French construction chemicals company CHRYSO is collaborating with Solidia Technologies, a US-based 'green' cement and concrete tech start-up, to improve the sustainability performance and material properties of Solidia's ultra-low CO2 concrete.

CEMEX has invested over US$280m since 2013 in technology to measure, control and mitigate the gas and particle emissions in its operations.

Building materials giant CEMEX will host a virtual event on September 10 to discuss business and financial strategy in light of current conditions.