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Red mud is a highly alkaline solid waste produced from the alumina refinery plants. Every year more than 300 million tons of red mud is producing throughout world. Disposal of a large quantity of red mud is very expensive and it creates contamination of neighbor lands, air and water bodies. Using red mud as a sustainable cementitious material in concrete is highly appreciable, because concrete is a second largest using material after water. Moreover, reduce the negative effect on environment due to red mud disposal as well as cement industries. The present paper conducted a critical review on bayer process of red mud, physical and chemical properties of red mud. And also workability, mechanical, durability and microstructure characterization of red mud when used in concrete as sustainable cementitious material. In the red mud iron oxide and alumina oxide are presented abundantly. Red mud accelerates the heat of hydration in concrete and it leads to strength enhancement in early ages. Increases the quantity of red mud in concrete reduces the workability but increases the strength of concrete. However, the chemical composition of red mud and its particle size helps to improve the durability property of concrete. Red mud offers more capable to arrest the chloride ions and other ions diffusion into concrete. Red mud minimizes the micro cracks and voids present in concrete by its particles size as well as bonding nature with other materials up to certain dosage of red mud used in concrete.