BENGALURU, Sept 11 (Reuters) - UK-based Vedanta Resources, parent of India's Vedanta (VDAN.NS) , opens new tab, has raised $900 million in its first dollar bond issue in more than two years at a coupon of 10.875%, the miner said on Wednesday.

The proceeds will be used to repay Vedanta's existing bonds and related transaction costs, the company said.

The bonds are expected to be rated "B-" by S&P Global Ratings.

The issue received final orders of $1.45 billion from investors, an oversubscription of over 1.6 times, Vedanta said.

More than 102 investors took part in the subscription, where 41% bonds were allocated to Asia, 4% to Europe, Middle East and Africa, and 35% to the United States.

Barclays, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, J.P. Morgan and Standard Chartered Bank acted as joint global coordinators and managers for the issue.

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