Cease Qtr Rep Fin Results

BHP Billiton Limited
28 November 2003

     BHP Billiton Limited is issuing this announcement to fulfil disclosure
  obligations arising from its secondary listing on the London Stock Exchange.

    The text of this release is identical to that issued by BHP Billiton Plc
                                    earlier.


Date                 28 November 2003
Number               35/03


         BHP BILLITON TO CEASE QUARTERLY REPORTING OF FINANCIAL RESULTS

BHP Billiton announced today that it would no longer report quarterly financial
results.

The Company will continue to release a quarterly production report and
exploration and development report, in accordance with the Listing Rules of the
Australian Stock Exchange.

Chris Lynch, Chief Financial Officer, said today, 'Quarterly reporting consumes
significant amounts of management time and encourages a short term focus on what
is a long term business. Henceforth, we will follow the standard practice in the
Australian and UK markets of reporting half and full year results. The decision
to cease quarterly reporting also brings us into line with our major peers. The
operational performance of the Company will continue to be reported on a
quarterly basis through our production report.'

BHP Billiton will release its half year results on 19 February 2004 and its full
year results in August 2004.

Further information on BHP Billiton can be found on our Internet site: http://
www.bhpbilliton.com

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