THL Zinc Ventures, a wholly owned subsidiary of India-listed Vedanta Ltd (VDL), is negotiating with global lenders including JP Morgan, Barclays, Standard Chartered Bank and Deutsche Bank to lower their asking rate. The loan – talks with banks started a month back – was expected to be raised at the secured overnight financing rate or SOFR+500 bps. The lenders have given a term sheet at SOFR+800 bps for the 3-3.5-year loan, said the people cited above. SOFR is currently at 4.55%.