SUGAR LAND, Texas, May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Arabian American Development Co. (NYSE:ARSD) today announced that Nick Carter, President and Chief Executive Officer, will present at the following investor conferences:

• Houlihan Lokey 7th Annual Global Industrials Conference on May 10th which is being held at the Grand Hyatt, New York City. The Company will present at 10:30am in Track A and will be available throughout the day for one-on-one meetings. To schedule a meeting, please contact your Houlihan Lokey representative.
• 13th Annual B. Riley & Co. Investor Conference which is being held May 21 – 23, 2012, at Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel, 1700 Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica, CA. The Company will present on Monday, May 21st at 2:30 p.m. PDT in Arcadia EF. Arabian American management will be available throughout the day for one-on-one meetings. To schedule a one-on-one meeting, please contact your B. Riley representative. The Arabian American group presentation will be available for the public to access via the Company's corporate website, www.arabianamericandev.com or at http://www.webcastregister.com/briley/2012/register/ARSD. This webcast will be archived for 90 days following the live presentation.

About Arabian American Development Company (ARSD)
ARSD owns and operates a petrochemical facility located in southeast Texas just north of Beaumont which specializes in high purity petrochemical solvents and other solvent type manufacturing. The Company is also the original developer and now a 37% owner of AMAK, a Saudi Arabian joint stock mining company.

SOURCE Arabian American Development Co.