Open cast mine economics depend on the efficiency of haul road. The waste dump associated with it impose adverse conditions on the area due to substantial mine overburden lying un-reclaimed. Huge generation of fly ash adversely affect land, air and water. Its gainful utilization is a major challenge. This book presents the different aspects of surface coal mine haul road, its construction, problems associated with its operation, attributes of fly ash, development of an alternate fly ash based composite material etc. The geo-technical properties of the developed composites have been determined...