Purchase of Own Securities

BHP Billiton Limited
18 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                       1 759 451      250 000
an equal access scheme, in relation to which
acceptances have been received

4.      Total consideration paid or
 payable for the shares                     $16 107 845.04     $2 223 173.96



                                                Before          Previous day
                                                previous
                                                day

5.     If buy-back is an on-market buy-back     highest         highest price
                                                price           paid: $8.94
                                                paid: $9.18

                                                date: 14/9/01   lowest price
                                                                paid: $8.82

                                                lowest price    highest price
                                                paid: $9.09     allowed under
                                                                rule 7.33: $9.71

                                                date: 14/9/01



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    184 090 549
buy back a maximum number of shares - the remaining
number of shares to be bought back

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 : 18 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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Melbourne Victoria 3000                   WC2N 5HA United Kingdom
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The BHP Billiton Group is headquartered
in Australia