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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the interim
consolidated financial statements of the Company for the nine months ended
September 30, 1996, 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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