Exhibit 23

          CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration
statements of Aluminum Company of America on Form S-8 (Registration
Nos. 33-22346, 33-24846 and 33-49109) and Form S-3 (Registration 
Nos. 33-877 and 33-49997) of our reports dated January 11, 1994 on our 
audits of the consolidated financial statements and financial statement 
schedules of Aluminum Company of America and consolidated subsidiaries 
as of December 31, 1993 and 1992 and for each of the three years in 
the period ended December 31, 1993, which reports are incorporated by 
reference or included in this Form 10-K.



                                        /s/Coopers & Lybrand
                                        COOPERS & LYBRAND


600 Grant Street
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
March 9, 1994