Form: S-8

Securities to be offered to employees in employee benefit plans

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

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Exhibit 23.1


CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


As independent accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation by
reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Kaiser Aluminum
Corporation (the "Company") registering 5,500,000 shares of the common stock of
the Company pursuant to the Kaiser 1997 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan of our
report dated March 7, 2000, included in the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ending December 31, 1999.



/s/ Arthur Andersen LLP



Arthur Andersen LLP
Houston, Texas
May 2, 2000