CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP
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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 Option Plan and the 1989 Employee Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan
of our report dated February 9, 1998, 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, 1997.
Long Beach, California
February 9, 1998