Consent of Independent Accountants

         We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statements on Forms S-8 (File No's. 333-81055,  333-29363,  333-19383,  33-91364
and 33-90292) of Commonwealth  Industries,  Inc. and  subsidiaries of our report
dated January 23, 2001 relating to the consolidated financial statements,  which
appears in the Annual  Report to  Stockholders,  which is  incorporated  in this
Annual Report on Form 10-K. We also consent to the incorporation by reference of
our report dated January 23, 2001 relating to the financial  statement schedule,
which appears in this Form 10-K.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Louisville, Kentucky
March 23, 2001