The ERP system will facilitate the company’s maintenance, finance, supply chain, HR and payroll processes.

IFS managing director Paul Massey said: "The objective for IFS and Wolf Minerals is to implement finance, maintenance management, HR, payroll and supply chain tools for phase one, with a view to expanding IFS functionality further as the site kicks off operations, including the deployment of the IFS Mobile Work Order capabilities."

Planned to commence operations this year, the Drakelands Mine is expected to produce around 3.5% of global demand for tungsten in 2016.

The company intends to put IFS functionality up and working before the project goes onstream.

Wolf Minerals UK operations manager Jeff Harrison said: "It is imperative that as we implement our new IT system that this is done on the basis of proven, reliable foundations and with applications which are focused on how our business operates and can adapt with the growth of the business.

IFS offers business software for enterprise resource planning (ERP), enterprise asset management (EAM) and enterprise service management (ESM) and serves over 2,400 customers worldwide.