UNITED
STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Washington,
D.C. 20549


___________________




FORM
10-K/A




(MARK ONE)


ý
            ANNUAL
      REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
      1934
              For
      The Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2007
              OR ̈
            TRANSITION
      REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
      1934
              For
      The Transition Period from ___________ to ________
              Commission
      File Number 0-6247


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ARABIAN
AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT COMPANY




(Exact name of registrant as
specified in its charter)




Delaware
              (State
      or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
            75-1256622
              (I.R.S.
      Employer
              Identification
      No.)10830
      North Central Expressway Suite 175
              Dallas,
      Texas
              (Address
      of principal executive offices)
            75231
              (Zip
      code)





Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: (214) 692-7872




Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


None




Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:




(Title
of Class)


Common
stock, par value $0.10 per share


___________________





Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in
Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ̈  Noý




Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ̈  No ý




_____________________







Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant (l) has filed all reports required to be
filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the
preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required
to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for
the past 90 days. Yesý  No  ̈




Indicate
by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of
Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not
be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or
information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K
or any amendment to this Form 10-K.  ý




Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer.  See definition of
“accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange
Act.  (Check one):




Large
accelerated filer  ̈                                                                Accelerated
filer ý                                                      Non-accelerated
filer  ̈




Indicate by check mark whether the
registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act.) Yes ̈  No ý




The
aggregate market value on June 30, 2007 of the registrant’s voting securities
held by non-affiliates was $115,533,425.




Number of
shares of registrant’s Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share, outstanding as
of March 31, 2008:  23,471,995.









DOCUMENTS
INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE





No
documents are incorporated by reference into this report.





EXPLANATORY
NOTE





Arabian
American Development Company (the “Company”) is filing this Amendment No. 1 on
Form 10-K/A (“Amendment No. 1”) to amend the Company’s Certifications Pursuant
to Section 302 (the “Certifications”) of its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2007, as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on March 14, 2008 (the “Original Filing”).  The purpose of
this Amendment No. 1 is to correct the Certifications to include additional
language regarding the certifying officer's responsibility for establishing and
maintaining internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange
Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)).  The corrected Certifications are
included as Exhibits 31.1 and 31.2 to this Amendment No. 1.





No other
revisions or amendments have been made to the Company's Annual Report on Form
10-K since the Original Filing.








ITEM
15. Exhibits, Financial
Statement Schedules.




(a)





...





(4)           The
following documents are filed herewith as exhibits to this Report.





Exhibit
              Number
            Description31.1
            -Certification
      of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
      Act of 2002.31.2
            -Certification
      of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
      Act of 2002.








Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this Report has been
signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Company in the capacities
indicated on April 11, 2008.







Signature
            Title/s/ Hatem El Khalidi
              Hatem
      El Khalidi
            President,
      Chief Executive Officer and Director (principal executive
      officer)/s/ Nicholas Carter
              Nicholas
      Carter
            Executive
      Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Director/s/ Connie Cook
              Connie
      Cook
            Secretary
      and Treasurer
              (principal
      financial and accounting officer)/s/ Charles Goehringer, Jr.
              Charles
      Goehringer, Jr.
            Director