CONSENT OF AUSTRALIAN AUDITORS
We Somes & Cooke, consent to being named experts in a Prospectus and/or
registration Statement of Alloy Steel International Inc. to be dated on or about
27 October 2000 subject to an express statement appearing in the Registration
statement and/or Prospectus in the same form as the following.
"Somes & Cooke consent to being named as auditors of Arcoplate, a division of
Kroko Nominees Pty. Ltd., as trustee of Collier Unit Trust in this Registration
Statement and/or Prospectus in the form and context in which it is included.
Somes & Cooke was not involved in the preparation of this Registration Statement
and/or Prospectus, did not authorize or cause the issue of the Registration
Statement and/or Prospectus and takes no responsibility for any part of this
Registration Statement and/or Prospectus other than the Independent Auditor's
report and the reference to its name."
/s/Somes & Cooke
SOMES & COOKE
Chartered Accountants
Dated this 30th Day of October 2000
New York, New York
