EXHIBIT 23.2

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the
Registration Statement (Form S-4) and related Prospectus of Commonwealth
Aluminum Corporation for the registration of $125,000,000 of 10-3/4% Senior
Subordinated Notes Due 2006 and to the incorporation by reference therein of our
report dated May 10, 1996, with respect to the consolidated financial statements
of CasTech Aluminum Group, Inc. included in the Current Report (Form 8-K) of
Commonwealth Aluminum Corporation filed September 26, 1996 with the Securities
and Exchange Commission.



                                                               ERNST & YOUNG LLP


Akron, Ohio
October 2, 1996