EXHIBIT 23a
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 related to the Cordant Retirement Savings and Investment
Plan, Huck International Inc. Retirement Savings and Investment Plan, Howmet
Corporation Salaried Employees Savings Plan, and the Howmet Corporation Hourly
Employees Savings Plan, 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
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
October 2, 2000
