Ukraine’s largest producer of power from fossil fuels, DTEK, will import at least 400,000 mt of coal from Colombia within the next few months, Maksym Tymchenko, DTEK general manager, said Tuesday.

Forget the drop in the dollar value of China’s imports in July, the important numbers were the bumper purchases of major commodities including crude oil, coal, iron ore and copper.

India’s coal ministry is preparing a plan to cut imports of the fuel by at least a third over the next five years, counting on an increase in domestic production and a jump in renewable output.

US coal exports totaled 7.2 million mt in June, down 12.6% from May and down 21.6% from the year-ago month, according to US Census data

Look at the coal yards surrounding China’s power plants and you’ll notice something strange happening.