Holding(s) in Company

BHP Billiton Limited
15 March 2002

     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.





15th March 2002



BHP Billiton Plc announces that it was advised today that the Industrial
Development Corporation of South Africa Limited ceased to have a notifiable
interest (3%) in the ordinary shares of BHP Billiton Plc as at the close of its
business on 13 March 2002.







 Mary Taylor - Deputy Secretary

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