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10-K - NL 2010 10K - NL INDUSTRIES INCnl201010k.htm
EX-31.1 - NL 2010 10K EX 31.1 - NL INDUSTRIES INCex311.htm
EX-23.1 - NL 2010 10K EX 23.1 - NL INDUSTRIES INCex231.htm
EX-31.2 - NL 2010 10K EX 31.2 - NL INDUSTRIES INCex312.htm
EX-21.1 - NL 2010 10K EX 21.1 - NL INDUSTRIES INCex211.htm
EX-10.46 - NL 2010 10K EX 10.46 - NL INDUSTRIES INCex1046.htm
EX-23.2 - NL 2010 10K EX 23.2 - NL INDUSTRIES INCex232.htm


 Exhibit 32.1


CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


In connection with the Annual Report of NL Industries, Inc. (the Company) on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the Report), I, Harold C. Simmons, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and I, Gregory M. Swalwell, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)
The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.




/s/ Harold C. Simmons
Harold C. Simmons
Chief Executive Officer


/s/ Gregory M. Swalwell
Gregory M. Swalwell
Chief Financial Officer




March 4, 2011


Note:  The certification the registrant furnishes in this exhibit is not deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section.  Registration Statements or other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission shall not incorporate this exhibit by reference, except as otherwise expressly stated in such filing.