Form: S-8

Securities to be offered to employees in employee benefit plans

POWER OF ATTORNEY

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Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all men by these presents, that each of the undersigned
constitutes and appoints J. Kent Friedman and John Wm. Niemand II, and each of
them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (including post-effective amendments) of Kaiser Aluminum
Corporation (the "Company") relating to the issuance by the Company of up to
5,500,000 additional shares of the Company's Common Stock, par value $.01 per
share, under the Kaiser 1997 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, and to file same,
with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as full to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents or
any of them, or their or this substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue thereof.



Signatures Title Date
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/s/ Raymond J. Milchovich President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief May 3, 2000
Raymond J. Milchovich Operating Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ John T. La Duc Executive Vice President and Chief Financial May 3, 2000
John T. La Duc Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)


/s/ Daniel D. Maddox Vice President and Controller May 3, 2000
Daniel D. Maddox (Principal Accounting Officer)

/s/ Robert J. Cruikshank Director May 3, 2000
Robert J. Cruikshank

/s/ George T. Haymaker, Jr. Chairman of the Board and Director May 3, 2000
George T. Haymaker, Jr.

/s/ Charles E. Hurwitz Director May 3, 2000
Charles E. Hurwitz

/s/ Ezra G. Levin Director May 3, 2000
Ezra G. Levin

/s/ James D. Woods Director May 3, 2000
James D. Woods