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