Purchase of Own Securities

BHP Billiton Limited
17 September 2001



    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




                                                              Rule 3.8A

                                   Appendix 3E

                          Daily share buy-back notice

                     (except minimum holding buy-back and

                             selective buy-back)



Information and documents given to ASX become ASX's property and may be made
public.

Introduced 1/9/99.  Origin:  rule 3.6, Appendix 7C.

Name of entity                                ACN or ARBN


BHP Billiton Limited                        49 004 028 077

We (the entity) give ASX the following information.


Information about buy-back


1                Type of buy-back                      On-market


2        Date Appendix 3C was given to ASX             8/2/01

                                                       The last appendix 3D was
                                                       given to the ASX on 13/6
                                                       /01

Total of all shares bought back, or in relation to which acceptances have been
received, before, and on, previous day



                                                  Before         Previous
                                                  previous day   day


3        Number of shares bought back or if buy-back
is an equal access scheme, in relation to which
acceptances have been received                    950 000        809 451

4                Total consideration paid or payable
for the shares
                                                  $8 707 700.02  $7 400 144.98


                                                  Before         Previous day
                                                  previous day

5      If buy-back is an on-market buy-back       highest         highest price
                                                  price            paid: $9.18
                                                  paid: $9.17

                                                  date: 13/9/01
                                                                  lowest price
                                                                  paid: $9.09

                                                  lowest price
                                                         paid:    highest price
                                                         $9.14    allowed under
                                                                  rule 7.33:
                                                  date: 13/9/01       $9.83

Participation by directors


6                If buy-back is an on-market buy-back                  -
name of each director and related party of a director
from whom the company bought back shares on the previous
day, the number of shares which the company bought back
from each named director or related party, and the
consideration payable for those shares

                                                                                
                                                          __


How many shares may still be bought back?


7                If the company has disclosed an
intention to buy back a maximum number of shares - the
remaining number of shares to be bought back

                                                         184 240 549


Compliance statement



1.              The company is in compliance with all Corporations Law
requirements relevant to this buy-back.



2.              There is no information that the listing rules require to be
disclosed that has not already been disclosed, or is not contained in, or
attached to, this form.









Sign here:              .............................................
        Date :  ...17 September 2001...

                                         (Company Secretary)









Print name:              Karen Wood










BHP Billiton Limited ABN 49 004 028 077   BHP Billiton Plc Registration number
                                          3196209
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Registered Office: 600 Bourke Street      Registered Office: 1-3 Strand London
Melbourne Victoria 3000                   WC2N 5HA United Kingdom
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The BHP Billiton Group is headquartered
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