Form: S-3/A

Registration statement under Securities Act of 1933

CONSENT OF THELEN, MARRIN, JOHNSON & BRIDGES

Published on



EXHIBIT 23.3


With respect to the Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-3 relating to the shelf registration of certain equity securities filed by
Kaiser Aluminum Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Registration
Statement"), we hereby consent to the use of our name, and to references to
advice rendered by our firm, in the prospectus included in the Registration
Statement under the headings (i) Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operation -- Liquidity and Capital
Resources -- Asbestos Contingencies; (ii) Note 8 of the Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements; and (iii) Note 4 of the Notes to Interim Consolidated
Financial Statements.


THELEN, MARRIN, JOHNSON & BRIDGES LLP


January 23, 1997