DALLAS, March 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Arabian American Development Co. (Nasdaq: ARSD) announced today that a conference call will be held on March 9, 2011, to discuss 2010 fourth quarter and year end financial results.  A webcast accompanied by presentation slides may be viewed at: public.viavid.com/viavision/index.php?id=130703.

The conference call and live webcast will take place at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time, Wednesday, March 9, 2011. Anyone interested in participating should call 1-877-941-1428 if calling within the United States or 1-480-629-9665 if calling internationally. Playback will be available until March 16, 2011. To listen to the playback, please call 1-877-870-5176 if calling within the United States or 1-858-384-5517 if calling internationally. Use pin number 4419589 for the replay.

A link to a simultaneous webcast of the teleconference will be available at www.arabianamericandev.com through Windows Media Player or RealPlayer. A replay of the call will also be available through the same link.  The webcast replay will be available for one year after the call.

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 41% investor in a Saudi Arabian joint stock company involving a mining project which is currently under construction in the Najran Province area of southwest Saudi Arabia. The mine is scheduled to be in production in 2011 and will produce economic quantities of zinc, copper, gold, and silver.

Company Contact:  Nick Carter, President and Chief Executive Officer

                  (409) 385-8300

                  ncarter@southhamptonr.com



Investor Contact: Cameron Donahue

                  Hayden IR

                  (651) 653-1854

                  Cameron@haydenir.com

SOURCE Arabian American Development Co.