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I believe most of the cement materials would be unloaded pneumatically. At least anything in powder form or small granules. The filler materials or aggregate would be dumped from the bottom and most likely screw conveyed or belt conveyed to storage. If you see what looks like a small house on top of a silo, with piping coming from it, that is a sign of pneumatic conveying as the "house" is a filtering media for the system. We use this to convey plastic pellets where i work and they are very economical and very fast at moving material. It is not uncommon for us to move 30,000 pounds per hour of plastic pellets. The drivers that deliver to us have told me cement is about the same to transfer as it flows rather well.
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