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Steel, construction gears up for tracking carbon load

Australian tech company Matrak will partner with a leading steelmaker for a carbon-tracking pilot. (HANDOUT/HEY GOOD NEWS PR)

Property developers, investors and suppliers are preparing for a "brown premium" to be levied on emissions-intensive buildings.

A quarter of Australia's greenhouse gas emissions come from the steel, cement and aluminium used in homes, workplaces and to build roads, rail and airports.

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