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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.2
 
                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
 
   
     We consent to the reference to our firm under the captions "Selected
Historical Financial Data," "Experts" and "Change in Independent Public
Auditors" and to the use of our report dated June 26, 1995 in the Registration
Statement (Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-4) and related Prospectus of
Pioneer Americas Acquisition Corp. for the registration of $200,000,000 9 1/4%
Series B Senior Secured Notes due 2007.
    
 
                                            Ernst & Young LLP
 
Houston, Texas
   
October 15, 1997