Plus, General Motors is cutting more than 1,000 software and services jobs globally. And, Electra Battery Materials gets $20 million in government funding to expand U.S. production materials needed for battery making. Zoe Thomas hosts. 

Correction: Electra is considering building a second cobalt sulfate facility in Quebec and a North American nickel sulfate plant. An earlier version of this podcast incorrectly said that Electra is considering building more facilities in the U.S. and Canada. (Corrected on Aug. 20) 

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