Wear resistant liners made of ceramic compounds; wear plates for machines; wear segments for crushers; wear plates for industrial apparatus; wear plates in the form of ceramic tiles for use with chutes, deflector plates, skirt systems and aprons on conveyors; wear resistant liners for bins, feeders, ore cars, skips and skirts including such goods in the mining industry; wear resistant liners for bins, chutes, feeders, hoppers, truck liners and similar for use in the handling and processing of ore; wear resistant liners for use on conveyors and in mining and ore handling and processing