Exhibit 23(a)


                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 related to the Reynolds Metals Company Nonqualified Stock
Option Plans, of our reports dated January 10, 2000, except for Note V, for
which the date is February 11, 2000,  on our audits of the consolidated
financial statements and financial statement schedule of Alcoa Inc. and
consolidated subsidiaries as of December 31, 1999 and 1998, and for each of the
three years in the period ended December 31, 1999, which reports are
incorporated by reference or included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-
K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1999.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
May 3, 2000