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This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the interim
consolidated financial statements of the registrant for the quarter and six
months ended June 30, 1994, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to
such financial statements.
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<NAME> KAISER ALUMINUM CORPORATION
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