1st Qtr Supp Info Part 1of 2

BHP Billiton Limited
7 November 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.


                                 BHP BILLITON



                     Supplementary Financial Information

      Previously Unreported Comparative Quarters Results for Fiscal 2001

                                 Part 1 of 2



The comparative quarterly financial information presented in this release
covers data for the previously unreported quarters of fiscal 2001.The
information is unaudited.

This information will provide the market with the definitive basis of
comparison against future financial information.

The financial information is prepared on the same basis as described within '
Basis of Preparation' as detailed on page 2 of the 'BHP Billiton results for
the quarter ended 30 September 2001'.

Details for the BHP Billiton Group for the quarters ended 30 September 2000
and 30 June 2001 are provided on pages 19 to 20 of the release of 'BHP
Billiton results for the quarter ended 30 September 2001'and details of
individual Customer Sector Group's results for the quarter ended 30 September
2000 are provided on pages 21 to 29 of the same release.


Supplementary Financial Information


         BHP BILLITON GROUP

                                                 US$ Million

                                  Sep-00 Dec-00  Half  Mar-01 Jun-01  Full
                                                 Year                 Year

    Aluminium                       103    115    218    135    170    523
    Base metals                     134    136    270    123     89    482
    Carbon steel materials          211    211    422    241    255    918
    Stainless steel materials        33     30     63      3     17     83
    Energy coal                      60     97    157    109    116    382
    Exploration, technology and      16     10     26     12   ( 32)     6
    new business
    Other activities                 40     46     86     38     23    147
    Petroleum                       344    362    706    419    282  1 407
    Steel                           138     74    212     43     15    270
    Group and unallocated          (131)  (159)  (290)  (153)  (148)  (591)
                                                   
    EBIT                            948    922  1 870    970    787  3 627
    Net interest                   ( 84)  (119)  (203)  (106)  (161) (470)
                                                       
    Profit before tax               864    803  1 667    864    626  3 157
    Taxation                       (262)  (218)  (480)  (264)  (199)  (943)
                                                   
    Profit after taxation           602    585  1 187    600    427  2 214
    Equity minority interests      ( 13)  ( 16)  ( 29)     4       -  ( 25)
    Attributable profit             589    569  1 158    604    427  2 189
    (excluding exceptionals)

    Exceptional items                  -      -      -  (520)  (574)(1 094)
    Tax on exceptional items           -      -      -   110     22    132
                                       -      -      -  (410)  (552)  (962)
                                                               
    Equity minority interests          -      -      -      -   302    302
    Attributable profit             589    569  1 158    194    177  1 529
    (including exceptionals)







Supplementary Financial Information


      BHP BILLITON GROUP

      Quarter ended 31 December 2000

                                   US$ Million
                           EBIT                EBIT
                      excluding           including
                    exceptional   Except- exceptional        Explor-   Explor-
                                   ional                      ation     ation   
        Turnover (1)  items (2)    items     items(2)                    to     
                                                     Capex(4) gross(5) profit(6)
Aluminium        647        115         -       115        30      -         -
Base metals      625        136         -       136     1 835     42         7
Carbon steel     854        211         -       211       249      -         -
materials
Stainless        207         30         -        30        58      2         2
steel
materials
Energy coal      466         97         -        97       206      2         -
Exploration,      50         10         -        10         6     13        12
technology
and new
business
Other            401         46         -        46         5      -         -
activities
Petroleum        918        362         -       362       110     43        32
Steel            881         74         -        74        11      -         -
Group and       ( 87)     ( 159)        -     ( 159)       16      -         -
unallocated(7)
BHP Billiton   4 818        922         -       922     2 526    102        53
Group

Quarter ended 31 March 2001
                                   US$ Million

                           EBIT                EBIT
                      excluding           including
                    exceptional   Except- exceptional        Explor-   Explor-
                                   ional                      ation     ation   
        Turnover (1)  items (2)    items     items(2)                    to     
                                                     Capex(4) gross(5) profit(6)
Aluminium      773         135         -         135   1 501        -        -
Base metals    565         123         -         123      93        4        4
Carbon steel   834         241         -         241      32        3        3
materials
Stainless      192           3         -           3      28        -        -
steel
materials
Energy coal    495         109         -         109      15        -        -
Exploration,    67          12         -          12       9       14       14
technology
and new
business
Other          372          38     ( 180)      ( 142)      6        -        -
activities
Petroleum      818         419         -         419      80       47       40
Steel          797          43         -          43       9        -        -
Group and     ( 86)      ( 153)    ( 340)      ( 493)    100        -        -  
unallocated (7)

BHP Billiton 4 674         970     ( 520)        450   1 873       68       61
Group

Quarter ended 30 June 2001
                                   US$ Million

                           EBIT                EBIT
                      excluding           including
                    exceptional   Except- exceptional        Explor-   Explor-
                                   ional                      ation     ation   
        Turnover (1)  items (2)  items(3)  items(2)(3)                    to    
                                                      Capex(4)gross(5)profit(6)

Aluminium        904       170         53         223      66       1        1
Base metals      573        89      ( 435)      ( 346)    178       7        6
Carbon steel     912       255        126         381      75       1        1
materials
Stainless        210        17        ( 9)          8      67       1        1
steel
materials
Energy coal      582       116       ( 34)         82     103       1        1
Exploration,      68      ( 32)      ( 13)       ( 45)    389      23       37
technology
and new
business
Other items      338        23      ( 114)       ( 91)      3       -        -
Petroleum        775       282          -         282     145      70       46
Steel            867        15       ( 22)        ( 7)     31       -        -
Group and       ( 86)    ( 148)     ( 120)      ( 268)     14       -        -
unallocated (7)
BHP Billiton   5 009       787      ( 568)        219   1 071     104       93
Group



  (1) Turnover does not add to the BHP Billiton Group figure due to
      inter-segment transactions.
  (2) EBIT is earnings before interest and tax.
  (3) Certain items have been restated between customer sector groups.
  (4) Capex includes capital and investment expenditure and excludes capitalised
      interest and capitalised exploration.
  (5) Includes capitalised exploration of (December 2000: US$49 million, March  
      2001: US$7 million, June 2001: US$29 million)
  (6) The June 2001 quarter includes US$18 million exploration expenditure
      previously capitalised, now written off.
  (7) Includes consolidation adjustments and unallocated items.





Supplementary Financial Information

         ALUMINIUM

      Quarter ended 31 December 2000
                                               US$ Million

                                                                   Explo- Explo-
                                          Depn &                   ration ration
                                                                             to 
                Turnover EBITDA (1) amortisation EBIT (2) Capex (3) gross profit

Alumina               96     47               12    35        9
Aluminium            357    109               32    77       21
Intra-divisional    ( 30)     -                -     -        -
adjustment
Third party          224      3                -     3        -
products
Total Aluminium      647    159               44   115       30       -       -


Quarter ended 31 March 2001
                                          US$ Million
                                                                   Explo- Explo-
                                          Depn &                   ration ration
                                                                             to 
                Turnover EBITDA (1) amortisation EBIT (2) Capex (3) gross profit

Alumina              137     79               23    56       1 486
Aluminium            395    108               35    73          15
Intra-divisional    ( 16)     -                -     -           -
adjustment                                         
Third party          257      6                -     6           -
products
Total Aluminium      773    193               58   135       1 501     -       -



Quarter ended 30 June 2001
                                          US$ Million

                                                                   Explo- Explo-
                                          Depn &                   ration ration
                                                          Capex     gross     to
                Turnover EBITDA (1) amortisation EBIT (2)   (3)       (4) profit

Alumina              191     97               24    73       29
Aluminium            469    124               29    95       37
Intra-divisional    ( 67)     -                -     -        -
adjustment
Third party          311      2                -     2        -
products
Total Aluminium      904    223               53   170       66        1      1


  (1) EBITDA is earnings before interest, tax, and depreciation and
      amortisation (excluding exceptional items).
  (2) EBIT is earnings before interest and tax
      (excluding exceptional items).
  (3) Includes capital and investment expenditure and excludes
      capitalised interest and capitalised exploration.


Supplementary Financial Information

      BASE METALS

      Quarter ended 31 December 2000
                                                   US$ Million

                                                                 Explo-  Explo-
                                      Depn &                     ration  ration 
                                                        Capex     gross      to 
           Turnover EBITDA (1) amortisation EBIT (2)   (3)(6)       (4)  profit
                                                           
Escondida      244       111             28       83       67
Ok Tedi        134        35             18       17        3
Tintaya         46        10              7        3        6
Cerro           55        30             17       13        1
Colorado
Antamina         -         -              -        -        -
Alumbrera       20         4              -        4        -
Cannington      67        21              6       15        2
Highland        14         2              -        2        -
Valley
Other           42         -              1       (1)       6
businesses (5)
Third            3         -              -        -        -
party
products
Total Base     625       213             77      136    1 835      42         7
Metals

      Quarter ended 31 March 2001
                                                   US$ Million

                                    Depn &                      Explo-   Explo-
                                                                ration   ration
          Turnover EBITDA (1) amortisation EBIT (2) Capex (3) gross (4)to profit

Escondida      223    103               25      78       64
Ok Tedi        119     23               17       6       14
Tintaya         21      7                7       -       11
Cerro           56     29               16      13        -
Colorado
Antamina         -      -                -       -        -
Alumbrera        4      6                -       6        -
Cannington      85     30                6      24        4
Highland        21      3                -       3        -
Valley
Other           35    ( 6)               1      (7)       -
businesses (5)
Third            1      -                -       -        -
party
products
Total Base     565    195               72     123       93       4           4
Metals



      Quarter ended 30 June 2001
                                                   US$ Million

                                    Depn &                      Explo-   Explo-
                                                                ration   ration
          Turnover EBITDA (1) amortisation EBIT (2) Capex (3) gross(4) to profit


Escondida     170     74               25     49       85
Ok Tedi       151     16               17     (1)       7
Tintaya        54     (1)               9    (10)      27
Cerro          56     27               16     11        1
Colorado         
Antamina        -      -                -      -       46
Alumbrera      20     12                -     12        -
Cannington     80     27                6     21        2
Highland       11     (2)               -     (2)       -
Valley
Other          31     13                4      9       10
businesses(5)
Third           -      -                -      -        -
party 
products    
Total Base    573    166               77     89      178         7        6
Metals         
      
(1) EBITDA is earnings before interest, tax, and depreciation
     and amortisation (excluding exceptional items).
(2) EBIT is earnings before interest and tax
     (excluding exceptional items).
(3) Capex includes capital and investment expenditure and excludes
     capitalised interest and capitalised exploration.
(4) Includes capitalised exploration of (December 2000: US$35
     million, March 2001: US$nil, June 2001: US$1 million)
(5) Includes Selbaie, Pering and North America Copper mining and smelting       
     operations (which ceased during the September 1999 quarter.)
(6) Includes the acquisition of Rio Algom Limited for US$1,750 million (before
     deduction of assumed debt), which has not been allocated to the various    
     operations and therefore Capex does not add to the Base Metals total.

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