Form: S-8

Initial registration statement for securities to be offered to employees pursuant to employee benefit plans

January 13, 2005

CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPER LLP

Published on January 13, 2005

Exhibit 23.1


CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated September 28, 2004, except as to Note
1, which is as of January 4, 2005 and the fourth paragraph of Note 27, which is
as of November 25, 2004, relating to the financial statements, which is included
in the Preliminary U.S. Information Statement of Novelis Inc., which was filed
as Exhibit 99.1 to Novelis Inc's Registration Statement on Form 10 dated January
4, 2005.

(signed) PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
January 13, 2005