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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.4
 
     With respect to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 relating to an
exchange offer for $175 million of Senior Notes due 2006, filed by Kaiser
Aluminum & Chemical Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Registration
Statement"), we hereby consent to the use of our name, and to references to
advice rendered by our firm, in the prospectus included in the Registration
Statement under the headings (i) Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operation -- Liquidity and Capital
Resources -- Asbestos Contingencies; (ii) Note 9 of the Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements; and (iii) Note 3 of the Notes to Interim Consolidated
Financial Statements.
 
                                        THELEN, MARRIN, JOHNSON & BRIDGES LLP
 
November 7, 1996