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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
consolidated financial statements of the Company for the three months
ended March 31, 1999, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to
such financial statements.
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<NAME> KAISER ALUMINUM CORPORATION
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