Sulphur Concrete
Concrete is made of sand or larger particles bound together by some substance. Regular concrete will cure very slowly in the Martian CO2 atmosphere.
This study: [1] talks about concrete using molten sulphur as the binder, in a CO2 rich atmosphere.
Note that sulphur melts at 120 degrees C, so this should be quite doable with modest equipment, or even a solar thermal farm.
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