CONSENT OF EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
Published on
EXHIBIT 23.01
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement
(Form S-8) pertaining to the Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. 1994 Incentive and
Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan and the 1989 Employee Non-Qualified Stock Option
Plan of our report dated February 10, 2000, with respect to the consolidated
financial statements and schedule of Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. included in
the Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 1999.
ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Long Beach, California
March 27, 2000