Form: 10-K

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

March 30, 2005

Documents

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

Published on March 30, 2005


Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
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We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (Nos. 333-122028 and 333-122025) of Novelis Inc. of our
report dated March 24, 2005 relating to the financial statements, which appears
in the Annual Report to Shareholders, which is incorporated in this Annual
Report on Form 10-K.




/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Montreal, Quebec, Canada
March 30, 2005