Date: 15th March 2002



"For the information of the local market, please find following
notification of major interests in shares filed by BHP Billiton Plc
with the London Stock Exchange"



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
Tel: +44 20 7747 3854



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