Arabian American Development Company to Announce 2008 Second Quarter Results on August 7, 2008
Thursday July 31, 8:30 am ET

DALLAS, July 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Arabian American Development Co. (Nasdaq: ARSD - News) today announced that it will be reporting 2008 second quarter results on August 7, 2008 after the close of the market.

A conference call and live web cast will take place at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time, on Thursday, August 7, 2008. Anyone interested in participating should call 800-762-8908 if calling within the United States or 480-248-5085 if calling internationally. There will be a playback available until August 14, 2008. To listen to the playback, please call 800-406-7325 if calling within the United States or 303-590-3030 if calling internationally. Please use pin number 3906827 for the replay.

A link to a simultaneous webcast of the teleconference will be available at http://www.arabianamericandev.com through Windows Media Player or RealPlayer. A replay of the call will also be available through the same link.

About Arabian American Development Company (ARSD):

Arabian American owns and operates a petrochemical facility located in southeast Texas just north of Beaumont, specializing in high purity petrochemical solvents and other solvent type manufacturing. The Company is also the original developer and is now a 50% owner of a joint venture in a mining project in the Al-Masane area of Saudi Arabia which is under construction and is scheduled to be in production in late 2010. The mine will produce economic quantities of zinc, copper, gold, and silver.

Safe Harbor

Statements in this release that are not historical facts are forward looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward looking statements are based upon management's belief as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to management. Because such statements are based upon expectations as to future economic performance and are not statements of fact, actual results may differ from those projected. These risks, as well as others, are discussed in greater detail in Arabian American's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including Arabian American's annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 and the Company's subsequent Quarterly Report Forms 10-Q.

     Company Contact:   Nick Carter, Executive Vice President and Chief

                        Operating Officer

                        (409) 385-8300

                        ncarter@southhamptonr.com

     Investor Contact:  Cameron Donahue

                        Hayden Communications

                        (651) 653-1854

                        Cameron@haydenir.com

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Jennifer Heady

Hayden Communications, Inc.

P:  843-399-7576

jennifer@haydenir.com

www.haydenir.com

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