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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from
the consolidated financial statements of the Company for the nine
months ended September 30, 2000, and is qualified in its entirety
by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME> KAISER ALUMINUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION
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