Deng Qilin, General Manager of Wuhan Iron and Steel (Group) Corporation and deputy to the National People's Congress, said that this year the company will build pig farms with a 10,000 head capacity, CNR reported.

Due principally to the shortage of iron ore resources and rising cost of logistics, the profit margin of China's iron and steel production industry has fallen to 3% over the past two years, putting profits well below the 6 percent average profit margin of the country's industrial sector.

This year, the company plans to invest 39 billion yuan in non-steel industries in order to make increased profits through reform and transformation.

(China.org.cn March 8, 2012)

據(jù)中央人民廣播電臺(tái)報(bào)道，全國人大代表、武漢鋼鐵（集團(tuán)）公司總經(jīng)理鄧崎琳表示，今年武鋼準(zhǔn)備建萬頭養(yǎng)豬場(chǎng)。

他說，受鐵礦石資源短缺、物流成本抬高等影響，連續(xù)兩年，中國鋼鐵生產(chǎn)行業(yè)年銷售利潤率已不到3%，遠(yuǎn)低于全國工業(yè)行業(yè)6%的平均利潤水平。

該企業(yè)今年計(jì)劃在非鋼行業(yè)投資390億元，通過轉(zhuǎn)型改革創(chuàng)造更大利潤。