Semi-conductive ceramic material, characterised in that it comprises from 30 to 90% by weight of a conductive phase based on a compound of the type Z1-xMxCrO3 for 0≦X≦0.3, Z being able to be an element of the lanthanide group or a mixture of elements of this type, and M being able to be calcium, strontium, magnesium, aluminium, titanium, yttrium or a mixture of two or more of these elements, from 8 to 60% by weight of an insulating phase based on alumina or mullite or a mixture of these compounds or the high temperature reaction products thereof, and from 0 to 10% by weight of sintering additives or the high temperature reaction products thereof, and in that the porosity thereof is less than or equal to 25%.