INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT We consent to the use in the Registration Statement of Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. on Form S-4, related to the $220,000,000 Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008, of our reports dated January 15, 1998 on our audits of the consolidated financial statements of (1) Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. as of and for the year ended November 30, 1997, and (2) Eagle-Picher Holdings, Inc. as of December 22, 1997, appearing in the Prospectus, which is part of this Registration Statement. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading 'Experts' in such Prospectus. /s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP Cincinnati, Ohio April 10, 1998